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for He never changes. But the pope had changed it from the seventh
to the first day of the week; for he was to change times and laws.
And I saw that if God had changed the Sabbath from the seventh
to the first day, He would have changed the writing of the Sabbath
commandment, written on the tables of stone, which are now in the
ark in the most holy place of the temple in heaven; and it would read
thus: The first day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God. But I saw
that it read the same as when written on the tables of stone by the
finger of God, and delivered to Moses on Sinai. “But the seventh
day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God.” I saw that the holy Sabbath
is, and will be, the separating wall between the true Israel of God
and unbelievers; and that the Sabbath is the great question to unite
the hearts of God’s dear, waiting saints.
I saw that God had children who do not see and keep the Sabbath.
They have not rejected the light upon it. And at the commencement
of the time of trouble, we were filled with the Holy Ghost as we went
forth and proclaimed the Sabbath more fully. [
See page 85.
] This
enraged the churches and nominal Adventists, [
see also appendix.
]
as they could not refute the Sabbath truth. And at this time God’s
chosen all saw clearly that we had the truth, and they came out and
endured the persecution with us. I saw the sword, famine, pestilence,
[34]
and great confusion in the land. The wicked thought that we had
brought the judgments upon them, and they rose up and took counsel
to rid the earth of us, thinking that then the evil would be stayed.
In the time of trouble we all fled from the cities and villages, but
were pursued by the wicked, who entered the houses of the saints
with a sword. They raised the sword to kill us, but it broke, and
fell as powerless as a straw. Then we all cried day and night for
deliverance, and the cry came up before God. The sun came up,
and the moon stood still. The streams ceased to flow. Dark, heavy
clouds came up and clashed against each other. But there was one
clear place of settled glory, whence came the voice of God like many
waters, which shook the heavens and the earth. The sky opened and
shut and was in commotion. The mountains shook like a reed in the
wind, and cast out ragged rocks all around. The sea boiled like a pot
and cast out stones upon the land. And as God spoke the day and
the hour of Jesus’ coming and delivered the everlasting covenant
to His people, He spoke one sentence, and then paused, while the